English 12 Ms Hamill October 25, 2011 I can honestly thank the acts of God for splitting my parents up because their divorce continues to shape my view of life's flaws, helps me overcome obstacles that rob my hope, and teaches me to turn my stress into strength. Life is about emotion and the way certain events make us reflect our emotion through our actions. Growing up in one family, but eventually seeing it self-destruct into two was a wake up call at the age of nine to the smell of imperfection
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an abortion. Hemingway used three main symbols which were the hills, the white elephant and the railroad station to develop the theme of the whole story. The theme here is about how the woman saw the possibility of keeping her child and having a happy life while the man fails to see the possibilities and tried to persuade her to go through with the abortion. In this story, the hills symbolized the obstacle that the couple was facing which was having or not having the baby. Although hills are a
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Such a moment came to me when I took the airplane from China to United State that was the first flight in my life. It was really happy and memorable moment. I came to United State with my family. This was our first time to take an airplane. Although I was exciting when I first take the airplane, however I know I will missed all my friends in China. They are wonderful that they studied with me, they went shopping with me, they went to eat with me, they were happy when I was happy, and they were sad when
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friends and the one that I love. Once I arrived, Hector my new co-worker and friend, was the one that introduced me to a world with religion. On Christmas Eve of 2008, he gave me my very first Bible. When he placed the Bible in my hands, he said: “This is just a book, filled with paper and letters for some people, but as you begin to believe it will be soon become a treasure.” He wrote for me a sentence, that to this day I still have it in my head. “This is the light that will guide you to happiness
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teenage boys in Sierra Leone, Africa, throughout the homicides from the rebels throughout other parts of Africa. This book can bring different moods to you as you read such as, sad mood, anxious thoughts too of what’s going to happen next, and even a happy mood towards the ending. In the first couple chapters, the book gets into introducing the five main boys who tells their life of being a teenager during the homicides in Africa, and the way they live day by day. They describe the condition of the
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“A dream is something that fills up the emptiness inside. The one thing that you know if it came true, all of the hurt would go away”. If this is the attitude of the population, then we are all destined to disappointment. Dreams do not necessarily make you happier; dreams are something you long for, but who is to say we know what is best for ourselves? We are all biased to our own desires. We all long to do things in our lives, thinking that if we were to achieve our goals then our lives would
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The quote explains how if Juliet doesn't go to Saint Peters church on Thursday morning he will drag her there. Lord Capulet also tried to put a guilt trip on Juliet to marry Paris. "I tell thee what get thee to church a Thursday or never after look me in the face. Speak not, reply not, do not answer.(Page 813) The quote is explaining how if Juliet doesn't marry Paris she will never be allowed to talk to him ever again. "Hang thee, young baggage. Disobedient wretch!!" (813). Capulet is calling her
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Hoping Your Birthday Is a Happy One, Just Filled With Friends, Excitement and Fun! ‘Cause you are a Very Special Friend, I'm thankful that We Met, And I'm asking Lord to Bless You With a year you won't Forget! You are all I need to make my days As happy as can be, ’Cause I love you, girl (boy), it’s true – You mean entire life to me! All the way from here to there Birthday greetings fill the air! Hope all of your Dearest Wishes come true Because no one deserves it more
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it any more. The country mouse prefers to be poor and happy rather than be rich and afraid. (82) Commentary: In my opinion, the story is quite interesting and inspiring in general because it teaches us a life lesson. To me (=I think), the ending seems the most interesting part of the story. This is because in the end the country mouse suddenly realizes/learns that he does not want a rich and dangerous life, but a simple and happy one. I like this part because it also inspires us/leads
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best me I can be. I am a mother, a daughter, sister, and a friend. I love being me, and I love learning something new every day. Some of the experiences that helped shape me into who I am today were watching my mother go through hell with my father and overcoming him, the birth and demise of one child and the birth of another child, and finally a prior job’s refusal to financially assist me in furthering my education because I worked in a mailroom. My mother Ana and I were always very happy when
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